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middle east both appeared in a joint televised interview as america's top diplomat prepares to step down responding to critics who urged decisive action in the region obama side of egypt and libya as examples of where are his administration played a leading role in aiding regime change and then accusations of a u.s. retreat the president says former libyan leader of colonel gadhafi quote probably does not agree with that assessment bot both of bamma and clinton admit the conflict in syria should be handled carefully with the present evidence on whether intervention would help resolve the crisis journalist an anti-war activist on the bars says clinton's reign as secretary of state has been a failure. look at the condition of the world right now and know that hillary clinton has been active active for four years the really disheartening thing about the show which is what it was shown on sixty minutes exclusively in the united states was they spent an awful lot of time trying to explain to people how these two former primary campaign two thousand and eight adversaries could work together fo
middle east both appeared in a joint televised interview as america's top diplomat prepares to step down responding to critics who urged decisive action in the region obama side of egypt and libya as examples of where are his administration played a leading role in aiding regime change and then accusations of a u.s. retreat the president says former libyan leader of colonel gadhafi quote probably does not agree with that assessment bot both of bamma and clinton admit the conflict in syria...
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say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going to make any drastic moves to really challenge washington's foreign policy with the doxies. coming up this hour athens returns to a battlefield once more policing the tongs and tear down as hundreds of protesters stormed greece's labor ministry over pension cuts. and as the bulgarian government prepares to say no to the construction of a new nuclear power plant despite a yes vote in a recent referendum we talked to a former energy minister about what's behind the government's staunch opposition. the first baby steps are joy. and are not a big deal. but they can cause terrible trauma. for childre
say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going...
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say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and knowledge not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over truck goes domination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going to make any drastic moves to really challenge washington's foreign policy with the doxies. coming up this hour athens returns to the battlefield once more from the tods and hundreds of protesters stormed greece's labor ministry over pension cuts. plus interest president's dismisses opposition calls for a unity government as a country dives deeper into chaos amid a going clashes between opposition and police forces that more after a short break. if pete. if he. took at least. six. here the reindeer is interesting for the herders and when it suffers. people do their best to help. probably. t
say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and knowledge not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over truck goes domination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not...
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that when girls issue did not play as big into the election campaign as one might expected before mr obama was reelected now he does face the problems he has been reelected but he was reelected if you are domestic reasons to some extent saying he was shutting down america's involvement in the outside world. but now of course he is likely to find himself been drawn in directly at any rate into issues to do with security in turkey into issues across the whole of africa the americans maybe let you read french. british play a lead role with north africa but of course american intelligence assets american military advice on how to what is going to and the risk must be large american institutions and diplomatic buildings on could be talking to dos with mark almond professor of international relations at bill kant university in turkey thank you for your analysis thank you. in other news the first man convicted over america's torture program is now on call waiting to start a thirty month prison sentence but decorative cia veteran john kiriakou played no part in the interrogations he was instead co
that when girls issue did not play as big into the election campaign as one might expected before mr obama was reelected now he does face the problems he has been reelected but he was reelected if you are domestic reasons to some extent saying he was shutting down america's involvement in the outside world. but now of course he is likely to find himself been drawn in directly at any rate into issues to do with security in turkey into issues across the whole of africa the americans maybe let you...
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say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going to make any drastic moves to really challenge washington's foreign policy with the doxies. four hundred million dollars in debt and ukraine has russia for more time find out online how it managed to get so far in the red and how it hopes to get out. one craving for call energy hungry china is burning as much of the black stuff as the rest of the world combined with levels of air pollution in the country skyrocketing thoughts on mine. bulgaria's government is expected to block the russian finance construction of a new nuclear power plant this comes after a national referendum voted in favor of t
say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going...
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say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going to make any drastic moves to really challenge washington's foreign policy orthodoxies. from handel's nomination in the beginning of at the beginning of january to the confirmation hearing we've got plenty of opinion and analysis of his candidacy on our web site r t v dot com. it's. more clashes have broken out in athens with police using tear gas to disperse protesters who have broken into the greek labor minister's office the demonstrators were venting their anger over fresh pay and pension cuts all part of the government's austerity drive laura george says this kind of crackdown on protesters
say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going...
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say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going to make any drastic moves to really challenge washington's foreign policy orthodoxies. four hundred million dollars in debt and ukraine has had to ask russia for more time to pay find out online how it managed to get so far into the red and how it hopes to get out. and the craving for call energy hungry china is burning as much of the black stuff as the rest of the world combined with levels of air pollution in the country skyrocketing costs on line for you. but various government is expected to block the russian finance construction of a new nuclear power plant this comes after a national refe
say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going...
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when president obama was elected in two thousand and a we you know the same kind of hope tim is in was there with shutting down get no naming these wars and fighting the right kind of wars but then we find out when you know after the deal is done after the elections are over the nomination process is over we continue with our war footing around the world no matter what the politicians come before those cameras and tell you what they are the key factors are that we need to take care of it be a social safety nets or the economy or or jobs being created in this country the united states will always have money for two things you can be rest assured bankers and bullets we already see the headlines coming out of the mainstream media talking about the sequester and how this is going to get our military we will have nonstop propaganda being a bombarded out of the people the fear of reducing the budget of the military so i'm absolutely confident that every secretary of defense will have a very very loose pocketbook to spend to keep spending us into oblivion. and ahead for you this hour the conf
when president obama was elected in two thousand and a we you know the same kind of hope tim is in was there with shutting down get no naming these wars and fighting the right kind of wars but then we find out when you know after the deal is done after the elections are over the nomination process is over we continue with our war footing around the world no matter what the politicians come before those cameras and tell you what they are the key factors are that we need to take care of it be a...
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with shutting down gitmo and ending these wars and fighting the right kind of wars but then we find out when you know after the deal is done after the elections are over the nomination process is over we continue with our war footing around the world no matter what the politicians come before those cameras and tell you what the key factors are that we need to take care of it be a social safety nets or the economy or or jobs being created in this country the united states will always have money for two things you can be rest assured bakers and bullets we already see the headlines coming out of the mainstream media talking about the sequester and how this is going to get our military we will have nonstop propaganda being a bombarded out of the people to fear of reducing the budget of the military so i'm absolutely confident that whoever is secretary of defense will have a very very loose pocket book to spin to keep spinning us into. and remember we try to give you the chance to have a say on the topics we cover at r.t. dot com today we're asking why hagel stance on iran has become mor
with shutting down gitmo and ending these wars and fighting the right kind of wars but then we find out when you know after the deal is done after the elections are over the nomination process is over we continue with our war footing around the world no matter what the politicians come before those cameras and tell you what the key factors are that we need to take care of it be a social safety nets or the economy or or jobs being created in this country the united states will always have money...
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say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not much not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going to make any drastic moves to really challenge washington's foreign policy orthodoxies. for a deeper insight into the story i'm joined live by an analyst for antiwar dot com kelly of flaws. hegel has been criticized for being anti israel is the shielding himself from the accusation by saying he's ready to act on iran or always say something more behind it. i think if you're referring to his words today i think we have to keep in mind that he is his main goals today was to appeal to this group of senators and i think when it comes to israel he has he's in a position right now where he is he
say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not much not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not...
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say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over charcoals nomination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going to make any drastic moves to really challenge washington's foreign policy orthodoxies. in an interview with r.t. a prominent middle east analyst and former state department and national security council official hillary leverett has explained why the point is unlikely to bring significant change. i think that the former senator hagel has taken courageous positions on iran on a range of issues and i admire them and respect them and the concern i have is that he is being nominated for the wrong job to carry out those positions his defense secretary if he is a if he is if he's a defense secretary he
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we've got term a six scenes here in the capital as clashes have started by the president obama says you can see behind me reportedly bought the most groups threw molotov cocktails over the gates of the presidential building the security forces are right now on the vehicles and have been sending our not to take us protesters are responding out with fireworks also we've just seen as police are removing tents for my months long sitting against the president's side the presidential building where they also set fire to triple fires on the sides but in the last few minutes has been i must say push by the security forces protesters have been fleeing in this direction in the background there's about ten ambulances are removing manjit from the front line oh it's very chaotic scenes here this comes off the several protest converged in front the presidential palace on to her describe as part of friday's day of the never and protesters protest against the president's people are still chanting in amongst this chaos that the president must step down they're saying this is the sentiment across the cap
we've got term a six scenes here in the capital as clashes have started by the president obama says you can see behind me reportedly bought the most groups threw molotov cocktails over the gates of the presidential building the security forces are right now on the vehicles and have been sending our not to take us protesters are responding out with fireworks also we've just seen as police are removing tents for my months long sitting against the president's side the presidential building where...
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say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going to make any drastic moves to really challenge washington's foreign policy orthodoxies. and in this war and t. war dot com kelly flower holds the says hey girls a reasoned words fit perfectly into the u.s. foreign policy course i think chuck hagel is more recent statements including the one hundred twelve page set of answers he gave to the committee's questions that was released yesterday. it it leaves the door open it leaves the door open to continuing tough sanctions but also the use of force so i don't think we should read too much into his selection of chuck hagel the man who did show some s
say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going...
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you know what i'd be naive if i believe that you know it when when president obama was elected in two thousand and a we you know the same kind of hope to ms and was there with shutting down get more when ending these wars and fighting the right kind of wars but then we find out when you know after the deal is done after the elections are over the nomination process is over we continue with our war footing around the world so you know i would love to see it i would love to see a change in our so-called defense posture but unfortunately history has proven that you know a goal isn't going to change the wording of this nature i mean he's also been criticized for being too soft for the main military in place do you think in the u.s. on me will benefit to with a go at the top. i you know i think it could because you know he was a enlisted soldier in the vietnam war recently when he was interviewed he talked to this fact that he understands how important morale is to the troops and i was i was also in the gulf war so i understand what he's talking about there we have troops now we have men a
you know what i'd be naive if i believe that you know it when when president obama was elected in two thousand and a we you know the same kind of hope to ms and was there with shutting down get more when ending these wars and fighting the right kind of wars but then we find out when you know after the deal is done after the elections are over the nomination process is over we continue with our war footing around the world so you know i would love to see it i would love to see a change in our...
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he was really good who are domestic reasons extension who shutting down americans who are. but now of course he is likely to find himself being drawn in directly at any rate into issues to do security in turkey into issues in costa who also african americans may be letting the french and british play a lead role in north africa but of course american intelligence assets american military advice and saw a big part of what is going on to and the risk must be. american institutions and diplomatic buildings all could be targeted elsewhere. sexual abuse harassment and a loss of faith the german catholic church later we investigate how money and destroyed evidence helps priests accused of serious crimes escape trial that's after a break. well . it's technology innovation all the developments around russia we've got the future covered. you know how sometimes you see a story and it seems so you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know about. welcome to the big picture
he was really good who are domestic reasons extension who shutting down americans who are. but now of course he is likely to find himself being drawn in directly at any rate into issues to do security in turkey into issues in costa who also african americans may be letting the french and british play a lead role in north africa but of course american intelligence assets american military advice and saw a big part of what is going on to and the risk must be. american institutions and diplomatic...
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say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawing their objections over charcoals domination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going to make any drastic moves to really challenge washington's foreign policy orthodoxies. and coming out of this our athens returns to a battlefield once more police use the tongs in syria gas hundreds of protesters stormed greece's labor ministry over pension cuts. plus it is president dismisses opposition calls for a unity government as a country dives deeper into chaos and ongoing clashes between opposition tampa police forces that of war right after a short break. the first baby steps are joy. folds. are not a big deal. but they can cause terrible trauma. for children can be broken by their to
say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawing their objections over charcoals domination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going...
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say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going to make any drastic moves to really challenge washington's foreign policy with the doxies. from hagel nomination at the beginning of january to the confirmation hearing we've got plenty of opinion and analysis of his counted us here on our web site r t v dot com. more clashes have broken out in athens with police using tear gas to disperse protesters who have broken into the greek labor minister's office the demonstrators were fanning their anger over fresh pay and pension cuts all part of the government's austerity drive lawyer george country gallo's says this kind of crackdown on protesters i
say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going...
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say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going to make any drastic moves to really challenge washington's foreign policy with the doxies. coming up this hour athens returns to a battlefield once more policing the tongs and tear down as hundreds of protesters stormed greece's labor ministry over pension cuts. and as the bulgarian government prepares to say no to the construction of a new nuclear power plant despite a yes vote in a recent referendum we talked to a former energy minister about what's behind the government's staunch opposition. the first baby steps are joy. and are not a big deal. but they can cause terrible trauma. for childre
say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going...
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say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they were seen behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going to make any drastic moves to really challenge washington's foreign policy with the doxies. well gary is government doris' energy independence it's just best to block a russian mine and so you. have to invalidating a national referendum that backed the construction plan. wealthy british study done. time to. go to. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger no holds barred look at the global financial headlines kaiser reports on our. grid lumber. sure curbeam was easy to build its most sophisticated robot which on doesn't give a darn about anything tim's missi
say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they were seen behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going to make...
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say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they were see behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going to make any drastic moves to really challenge washington's foreign policy with the doxies. well gary is government doris' of the energy independence it's just best to block a russian finance nuclear power plant after a invalidating and national referendum that backed the construction plan. wealthy british study done. time to. go to. market why not. find out what's really happening to the global economy with much stronger no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune in to conjure reports on our. sigrid laboratory to kirby was able to build its most sophisticated robot which on fortunately do
say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they were see behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going to make any...
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rep or fiasco actually caused a fiasco by singing a song highly critical of president obama ironically at a concert in honor of his second inauguration according to the huffington post he was thrown off stage by security for insulting the dear leader the sounds really bad like something out of one thousand nine hundred four where thoughts come out of nowhere the second you say something out of line about the party. to the song loop it was singing had been going on for thirty minutes at that point this rant was more like a hip hop filibuster stopping the whole show and dragging on and on and so i think security just wanted to silence him in general not silence his anti obama opinions so you know loopy next time when you want to bring up obama's drone usage or total disregard for the constitution then keep it under three minutes and everything will be just fine but that's just my opinion. you live on one hundred thirty three possible so food i should try it because you know how fabulous i had lunch i got so many i mean family and i know that i'm still really messed up. in the old story s
rep or fiasco actually caused a fiasco by singing a song highly critical of president obama ironically at a concert in honor of his second inauguration according to the huffington post he was thrown off stage by security for insulting the dear leader the sounds really bad like something out of one thousand nine hundred four where thoughts come out of nowhere the second you say something out of line about the party. to the song loop it was singing had been going on for thirty minutes at that...
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say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going to make any drastic moves to really challenge washington's foreign policy orthodoxies. phyllis bennis director at the institute for policy studies things that a chuck hagel is standing firm by his beliefs hey go has never been outside the box he has not been one of those inside washington and hollywood for escalation against iran in fact he came out against unilateral sanctions in favor of diplomacy officially that is president obama's position as well there are enormous pressures coming from pro israel lobbies coming from the neo conservative. forces in the tanks and in the media calling for m
say there is too much war talk going on and maybe nominating chuck hagel is his way of bringing down the tension and not not everybody here in washington likes that message but what's interesting since the beginning of the attack campaign against chuck hagel over these two months or so many of the attackers have sort of withdrawn their objections over chuck hagel nomination some say could be because they received assurances behind closed doors that as defense secretary chuck hagel is not going...